On his Sunday night show “Last Week Tonight,” Oliver encouraged watchers to pay attention to net neutrality, even though the concept sounds “boring even by CSPAN standards.”

Here’s the thing, net neutrality is actually hugely important. Essentially it means that all data has to be treated equally, no matter who created it. It’s why the Internet is a weirdly level playing field and startups can supplant established brands. That’s how Facebook supplanted Myspace, which supplanted Friendster, which supplanted actually having any friends… The internet in its current form is not broken, and the FCC is taking steps to fix that.

Net neutrality is the concept that all Internet traffic should be treated fairly by broadband providers. In May, the FCC approved a plan that would ban broadband providers from blocking or slowing down websites, but allow them to make deals with content companies for preferential treatment, such as faster speed. Critics fear that legislation could create a two-tiered system, where companies that can pay more get faster sites, essentially limiting those with lower budgets or new startups. The FCC is currently taking comment on the proposal until June 27.

At the end of the 13-minute segment, Oliver flashed the FCC website for public comment and passionately encouraged viewers to go to the site, calling on anyone who had ever snarkily commented on a YouTube video to hone their skills for good.

This is the moment you were made for commenters. Like Ralph Macchio, you’ve been honing your skills, waxing cars and painting fences. Well guess what? Now it’s time to do some (expletive) karate…. We need you to get out there and for once in your lives, focus your indiscriminate rage in a useful direction. Seize your moment my lovely trolls. Turn on “capslock” and fly my pretties! Fly!

And take to the web they did. On Monday afternoon, the FCC tweeted about difficulties with their site.

We’ve been experiencing technical difficulties with our comment system due to heavy traffic. We’re working to resolve these issues quickly.